Improper Input Validation Affecting gnupg2-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.0.24-1.25.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.31% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GNUPG2DEBUGINFO-1676171
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed25 Jun 2014

Introduced: 25 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-4617  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 gnupg2-debuginfo to version 0:2.0.24-1.25.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-379.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnupg2-debuginfo package and not the gnupg2-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The do_uncompress function in g10/compress.c in GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.17 and 2.x before 2.0.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed compressed packets, as demonstrated by an a3 01 5b ff byte sequence.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1